MFTWSC50 - Celebrate

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Happy day after Christmas ~ I hope yours was as wonderful as mine, because then you would be pretty blessed. I spent the last three days with my family.

I wanted to share the card I gave to my mom for her Birthday a couple of days ago. I used this week's My Favorite Things sketch over on SCS. The patterned paper is from SEI (Happy Day 6X6) and the stamps are from MFT (Birthday Princess) I used a couple of EK Success punches, one for the border, and another for the sentiment (which is a portion of a square punch). Her dress and crown are both paper-pieced.

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Merry Moose-mas!

Merry Christmas! 

Finished this one up for the latest Riley & Company challenge - December Holidays I inked up one of my wood-mount Rileys (Santa Riley) for this card. So cute! 

I thought I would also share a photo quickly of my Christmas Tree, thanks for stopping by! LJ

Merry Christmas

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I had some time this morning to play with this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch and this is what I came up with. The only stamping on this card is the sentiment (A*Muse)  The tree is a layered sticker (yes I did stay sticker!) from My Mind's Eye (12 Days of Christmas). I'm becoming addicted to dimensional/3d stickers, as they make quick card making very easy! The tree is layered on some patterned paper from October Afternoon (Good Cheer). which is where all of the patterned paper is from. The white shimmer die is from spellbinders. Ribbon is from stamping up, and I made the fishtail banner (no die) The sentiment was stamped in Cherry Cobbler on PTI White,  punched out with the SU! large oval punch, and then layered on the SU! scallop oval piece. The ribbon (Kiwi Kiss) is from SU!

Thanks for stopping by today! Merry Christmas ~ it's almost here!

Hugs ~ LJ

Sweet Holiday Wishes

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It's getting closer to that big day!  I'm just about ready, just need to get some good sleeps in before it all starts up and I will be ready to roll.

I have to pull out my Inky Antics stamps every Christmas season. The Sweety Snowman collection is just adorable. Inky Antics has a booth every year at a Madison Stamp and Craft Show in November that I try to get to. It's the weekend before Thanksgiving. This cute guy and sentiment is from Sweety Snowman #1  I used some patterned paper from Crate Paper's Peppermint Collection. I was inspired by this card created by Sankari which is posted in the Taylored Expessions Gallery.  Love the sketch, and LOVE all those rounded corners! My corner rounder punch has once again found a spot on my crafting desk.....

This card is being entered for the following challenges

• Craft Us Crazy - Christmas and/or comical
• Crafts & Me - Anything Goes
• The Squirrel and the Fox - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

A Merry Little Box

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I hope you are having a good week so far. I finished my Christmas shopping last night ~ It was not too busy when I got there right after work, and after I was done, I had a yummy hot chocolate from Starbucks and watched everyone else hurry with their shopping for awhile and listen to the christmas music piping from the mall.......Santa had quite the line ~ looks like a lot of kids have been good this year. :-)

For today's post I am sharing a little 3X3 Box I created over the weekend. I used the tutorial posted here on SCS. The tutorial is listed as a notecard box, but with the size it is, it's also perfect for smaller gifts without the notecards on the inside, which is what I am planning to use this for......all the patterned papers are from October Afternoon's (OA) Good Cheer Collection (older - I found some other posts from 2008 that used this collection - it's new to me!) .  The sentiment is from OA's Holiday Style Flower Sack A couple of weeks ago I purchased one of the OA Santa Sacks. It was a great box of fun to open, as it was a huge assortment of OA goodies ~ from many different collections, including some of the new ones. The tree is just a triangle cut from one of the sheets of DP. I used one of the spellbinders label dies to create the tag. I didn't use any stamps on this box/tag combo. The ribbon is from SU!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs  ~ LJ

SFYTT December

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Here's my card for the December Sketch For You To Try Challenge. I ended up getting 11 out of 12 monthly challenges done. The month I missed was July, which is the month I moved. Wish I could be one of the lucky ones to be entered for the drawing! I will be trying again next year if Jen decides to do this again in 2012 (and I can pretty much guarantee I won't be moving ~ I *love* my place & still working on it to make it "my own") 

 All of my papers for this card are from Graphic 45 (Christmas Past) The sentiment from an A*Muse set is stamped in Riding Hood Red on PTI Craft. I also used a Dizzy Dolly Die-namic Die from MFT. The card size is 5.5" square. The buttons are all from Basic Grey (so love their buttons n brads) 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs  ~ LJ

Tag Swap

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I forgot to post these cute tags that I created for Kate's Holiday Tags Swap on SCS. I used a set from Paper Trey Ink - Candy Cane Christmas. I picked up the manilla tags while I was in Arizona at a LSS called the Frenzy Stamper. If you are ever in the metro-Phoenix area it's a must see for crafters.....Lots of fun goodies. My friend Scott knows that whenever we go to Arizona we have to make time for this place. The patterned paper is retired from SU! I also used the coordinating dies that go with this PTI Set. So glad I got them because I pretty much use them all the time with this set.

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs ~ LJ

Stamp TV Challenge

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I decided tonight to play along with a Gina K Designs StampTV challenge that Lee posted on the StampTV Facebook page which was to use gingham on your card/project. I quickly pulled out this cute lil' snowman from Gina K - Warm Winter designed by Carolyn King. 


And the saying goes, "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce (1882-1941). Or something like that.......


I'm only saying it because, the glitter was not supposed to happen....It was just supposed to be some clear sparkle pen and I accidentally grabbed a Quickie Glue pen. So then the Iridescent Ice EP came out, along with my heat gun (which honestly I have been avoiding since embossing 125 wedding invitations, perhaps it will stay out now)


That being said, I'm pretty happy with how it ended. And now I have a new use for the Quickie Glue Pen, other than to use it to adhere small pieces. :) 


I paper pieced the heart with some of the gingham patterned paper (which is from a summer collection, the other side is black gingham - think picnic tables...) The red gingham and gold-lined green ribbon are both from Gina K Designs. The scalloped die at the bottom is from My Favorite Things (MFT) I added 3 blings to the upper right hand corner...


Below is a close-up picture of my little mistake..... :) I do think it sparkles quite well.....

Thanks for stopping by tonight! 


Hugs ~ LJ

Dueling Darlings - Past Favorites

My prior kit - Inky Antics Stamps

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The Divas and Dazzlers are taking the month of December off - in order to be able to spend more time with their families during the holidays. :) Since we have no card kit this month, I thought I would pop in with some of my favorites from previous kits we have completed throughout our fun duel together! I hope you enjoy traveling back with me :) Thanks for stopping by! 

Hugs ~ LJ

Kelly's Prior Kit - Bella Stamps

Joan's prior kit - Graphic 45 Papers

MFTWSC49

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I so love this older MFT Set (A Scarf For Three) and decided to pull it out for this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge. I used patterned paper from Crate Paper's Peppermint Collection, some glimmer brads from American Crafts & red twine.

Thanks for stopping by today ~

Hugs ~ LJ

MOJO218

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Thought I would quickly get my Mojo Monday Sketch card posted before the deadline. Have had it done for a few days.......I used stamps from Papertrey Ink (Holiday Sparkle).  Patterned Paper is from Teresa Collins.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs  ~ LJ

on Wisconsin

A little bit of Badger love today.. :)

My 500th Blog Post :-)

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Can't believe this is my 500th blog post - doing a a little celebration with a cute image from My Cat's Pajamas Stamps. I never imagined I would have a crafting blog with this many posts.....When I started my blog, I thought I would post something every now and then, 500 just seems like a huge number for me. I read and appreciate every single comment left here ~ positive thoughts keep me going ~ so thank you for taking time to stop by. And if this is your first time here, welcome. I hope you stop back....


Sketch is from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge I also needed a Birthday card for a co-worker this week, so this card will be perfect for her. I used patterned Paper from SEI - Happy Day 6X6 paper pad. The twine is from My Mind's Eye. I also decorated the inside of the card (seen below). This card is going to be from the department I work in, so I needed to leave enough room for everyone else to sign:

Thanks for stopping by today ~ have a great Wednesday!

Hugs ~ LJ

Gift Tag

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Hope you are enjoying your Tuesday - Here is a cute tag I created, well cased from Jen del Muro's blog HERE. The ornament is 6 1.25" circles folded in half and adhered together. Two ends are adhered to the tag. The leave images and sentiment are from PTI's Holiday Button Bits. I used some retired SU! Patterned paper to create the ornament. and Vintage PTI Holiday Button. My ribbon and twine are also from SU!

I'm going to be making a few more of these to use throughout the holidays, so simple and cute!

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

MFTWSC48

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Been a busy week, but I was able to get this week's My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge done. Can you believe it's #48? I haven't done them all, but have enjoyed each and every on I have been able to complete.  For this card I used MFT "Who's That Musical Girl". 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Hugs ~ LJ